El Nino could turn 4-7 storms this year into super typhoons: Observatory

🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · May 28, 2026 · 217 words · By Edith Lin

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El Nino could turn 4-7 tropical cyclones this year into super typhoons: Observatory Under the impact of El Nino and global warming, Hong Kong is expected to be hotter than normal this year The El Nino weather phenomenon could turn the four to seven tropical…

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The weather forecaster also said on Thursday that the 33.4 degrees Celsius (92.1 Fahrenheit) recorded at its Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters was likely to be surpassed on Friday, when the mercury was set to rise to 35 degrees Celsius.

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It added that temperatures could rise higher on Friday if showers and thunderstorms occurred at dusk or later.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that the 33.4 degrees Celsius (92.1 Fahrenheit) recorded at its Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters was likely to be surpassed on Friday, when the mercury was set to rise to 35 degrees Celsius?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the 33.4 degrees Celsius (92.1 Fahrenheit) recorded at its Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters was likely to be surpassed on Friday, when the mercury was set to rise to 35 degrees Celsius.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of weather reports for Pullman, Washington, and general Wikipedia entries for Tsim Sha Tsui and the HK Observatory. There is no specific data in the evidence regarding the 33.4C or 35C temperature readings for the Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Avenue of Stars (Chinese: 星光大道), modelled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is an avenue located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It honours celebrities of the Hong …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_of_Stars,_Hong_Kong

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Observatory is a weather forecast agency of the government of Hong Kong. The observatory forecasts the weather and issues warnings on weather-related hazards. It also monitors and makes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Observatory

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: 尖沙咀), often abbreviated as TST, is an area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of lan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsim_Sha_Tsui

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Claim 2: “Choy Chun-wing, the Observatory’s acting assistant director”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists entirely of search results for 'Bok choy' (the vegetable), which is irrelevant to the person Choy Chun-wing. No evidence confirms his role as acting assistant director.

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web search NEUTRAL — Bok choy (American English, Canadian English, and Australian English), pak choi (British English, South African English, and Caribbean English) or pok choi is a type of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa …
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 18, 2025 · Bok choy is pretty mild and grassy in flavor, so we like dressing it up with punchy ingredients like garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili flakes. Below, you’ll find six diff…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 21, 2025 · Bok choy is steamed with ginger, garlic, and soy sauce for a light, flavorful vegetable side dish that promises to perk up weeknight dinners.
https://www.delish.com/cooking/a45210334/easy-bok-choy-recip…

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Claim 3: “the El Nino event, which was currently developing and was expected to last from autumn until early next year at the latest, would cause tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific to form further east.”

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While the general nature of El Nino is verified, the specific claim about the current event's duration (autumn to early next year) and the specific effect of cyclones forming further east in the western North Pacific is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; it appears to be a specific forecast from the original source.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1997–1998 El Niño was regarded as one of the most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation events in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997–98_El_Niño_event

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2014–2016 El Niño was the strongest El Niño event on record, with unusually warm waters developing between the coast of South America and the International Date Line. These unusually warm waters i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–2016_El_Niño_event

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation

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Claim 4: “El Nino is the warming of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, occurring every few years.”

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The definition of El Nino as the warming of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific occurring every few years is confirmed by Wikipedia and NOAA.

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Claim 5: “Under the impact of El Nino and global warming, Hong Kong is expected to be hotter than normal this year, with a high chance of the year becoming one of the 10 warmest on record.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that under the impact of El Nino and global warming, Hong Kong is expected to be hotter than normal and has a high chance of being one of the 10 warmest years on record.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cerruti 1881, also known as Cerruti, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded by Nino Cerruti in 1967 and headquartered in Paris. It was named "1881" because Nino's grandfather established the fami…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Chichón, also known as Chichonal, is an active stratovolcano in Francisco León, north-western Chiapas, Mexico. El Chichón is part of a geologic zone known as the Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc. El Chich…
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Claim 6: “The El Nino weather phenomenon could turn the four to seven tropical cyclones predicted to hit Hong Kong this year into super typhoons, the Observatory has said.”

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The claim is reported by the South China Morning Post and another web search result (likely a news aggregator or similar) stating that the Observatory believes El Nino could turn 4-7 storms into super typhoons.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. Pursuant to the one country, two systems…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The visa policy of Hong Kong deals with the requirements in which a foreign national wishing to enter Hong Kong through one of the 13 immigration control points must meet to obtain an entry permit (pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Hong_Kong

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